Automotive Engineering International 2008-08-01
- Back to the high-power future
Executive Vice President Masatami Takimoto and other officials are re-engineering Toyota, borrowing elements of the past to tackle 21st-century environmental changes. - Racing to green mobility
The President of Honda R&D, Masaaki Kato, hopes to harness the company's "racing spirit" to research and develop innovative methods to reduce the CO2 emissions of its products. - Charging ahead
Nissan's Senior Vice President, Minoru Shinohara, explains the battery technology that will allow feasible electric cars, while not forgetting to mention the GT-R supercar. - Market Genesis
Hyundai-Kia R&D Center Chief Hyun-Soon Lee has added the top market-research job at the company as it tries to quickly add more value to its products with new technologies and features. - China goes shiftless
Suppliers hope to capitalize on the future gold mine for automatic transmissions by working with OEMs on high-tech but low-cost solutions. - Downsizing under control
Engine control and precision are crucial as engine designers use an array of new ideas to get more power from smaller, more efficient engines. - Who is really in control?
As cars become more complex, driver-control systems proliferate--but keeping their operation simple and reducing workload is a growing fight. - Advanced metals gaining momentum
Materials once considered exotic are being specified for higher-volume automotive applications in a bid to trim mass for improved fuel economy and performance. - Engineering the EcoBoost
Fast tracking a new gasoline turbocharged direct-injection engine meant Ford engineering teams had to reduce development times while capitalizing on improvements in simulation and collaboration tools.
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